The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-19

Lnent, tnat iniquity Will Dleze out po
lore the throne OF God and the uni
veyse.
Furthermore, learn from this sub'
Jet the inseparable connection BE-
tween all events, however remote,
Lord Hastings was behesded one year
after ha bad caused the death OF the
@ ,een's children, ia the very month,
the very day, the vary hour and the
vary moment. There is wonderful
prsclsion IN the divine judgments.
The universe is only one thought OF
God. Those things which seem fyag-
msntary and isolated are only differ.
ant par OF that one great thought.
How far apart seemed these
two events-Jo sold to the Ara
bian merchants and the rulership oil
Egypt. Yet you see In what q mys-
terious way God connected the two In
one plan. 30 oil events are linked TO-
gsther. You who are sged can look
back and group together Q thousand
things In your life that once seemed
isolated. One undivided chain OF
events reached from the garden OF
Elem TO the cross Of Calvary, and thus
10 10 heaven. There IL relation be-
tween the smallest inject that huns In
tbs summer cir aud the archsugel on
bis throne. God can trace Q direct
ancestral line from the blue Jay that
last spring built Its nest In tree be.
hind the house to some one OF that
q ,ck Of birds which when Noah hoist
ed the ark's window, with q whirl and
dash OF bright wings, went out to sing
over Mount Ararat. The tulips that
bloomed this summer In the flower
he'd were nurssd Of last winters snow.
flakes. The furtherest star on one
eide the universe could not look 10 the
+, furtherest star the otter side and
say: "You are no relation TO me-" for
from that bright orb q voice Of light
| would ring across the heavens, re-
spending: Yes, yes; we are sisters"
| Sir Sidney Smith In prison was playing
law tennis in the yard and the ball
| few over the wall. Another ball con.
| tanning letters was thrown back, aud
| 90 communication was opened with
the outside world, and Sidney Smith
escaped in time to defeat Donsparte's
Egyptian expedition. What q small
accident connected with what vast re-
sultl Sir Robert Peel from pattern
he drew on the back OF q pewter din
ner plate got suggestions OF that which
| led 10 the important invention by
which calico Is printed. Nothing in
Gods universe swings at loose ends.
Accidents are only Gods way OF turn
ing leaf In the book OF his eternal
deciees. From our cradle to our
grave there Ia Q path oil marked
out. Each event In our life SIS
connec Q ! with the every other event
10 our life. Oar loss may bs the most
direct road to our gain. Oar defeats
and victories are twin brothers. The
whole direction OF your life ives
changed by something which, at the
time, seemed TO you q tr de-, viii o
some occurrence which seemed ire
menduous effected you bat little. The
Rev. DR.. KenL o ly, OF Backlog Ridge,
N. j.. went into his pulpit one Sab
bath aud by strange freak Of mem.
CRY forgot his subject and forgot his
text, and In great Embarrassment rose
before his audience and announced
the circumstances. and declared him.
sell unable to preach, then launched
forth In lev earnest words Of en-
treaty aud warning, which resulted In
the outbrtaking OF the mightiest re-
vlval OF religion ever known In that
State, q revival oil relig on that re-
sullei Ia churches still standing. and
10 ths conversion Of large number OF
men who catered the gorpsl ministry
who have brought their thousands
into the kingdom Of God. Gods
plans are magnificent beyond all com.
prehension. He molds Us, turns and
directs rs. and we know II not.
Thousands Of years are 10 Him but %
tho flight OF shuttle. The mos; ter.
rife occurrence does not make God
trtmole, aud the most triumphant
achievement does not Lift Him into
rapture. That one great thought Of
God goes on through centuries, and
nations rise and fall, and eras pass,
aud the world itself changes, but q cd
still keeps the undivided mastery,
liking event 10 event, and century q
century. To God they are oil one
event, one history, ono plan, one de.
velopment, one system. Great and
marvellous are Thy work., Lard God
Almighty.
Furthermore, We learn from thI,
story the proprieiy Of laying up foI
the future. During seven years Of
plenty Joseph prepared for the
iamine, and when II came hs
, had q crowded storshouse. The
, life Of most men In q worldly respsct Il
divided into years Of plenty and
famine. II IL seldom that any mar
passes through lie without at leasl
, seven Yeas Of plenty. During thess
, seven prosperous yea Q your business
beaTsa rich harvest. You hardl, know
/ where oil the money comes from, Il
comes 90 fast. Every bsvgain you M Ii
seems 10 turn into gold You contract
few bad debts. You are as.ouaded
with large dividends. You invest more
and more capital. You wonder how
, men can be content with small bust
! ness, gathering In only 500, where
you reap your thousands. These arc
, the seven years Of plenty. Nov
, Joseph, Ia the time 10 prepare fol
famine, for 10 almost every man there
do come seven years Of famine. You
will be SICK; you will be unfortunate
! you will be deiraud.d; you will b,
disappoiated; you will be old, aud Il
. you have no store house upon which
: TO fall back you may be famine struck
We have no admiration for this deny
, ing ones self OF oil present comfort and
luxury for the mere pleasure Of hoard
ing mp, this grsspipg for the mere
pleasure Of seeing how large q pile you
can get, this always being poor and
} cramped because a. soon ~ q dollal
, comes In IL IL sent out 10 see II II cant
fiad another dollar 10 carry home on
} its back butthere Is an intelligent and
} noble minded forecast which We Low.
10 zee In mon who have families anc
kindred dependent upon them for IN.
, blessings OF education and home. Goc
, sends us 10 tie insects for a lesson
which while they do not stint them
{ selves In the present, DO not forge
, their duty 10 foree all the iuture. "GS
, ~ the ant, thou sluggard consider
, her ways and b. wiee, which, hay
7 ing no gnide, ov,Beer on ruler. mr.,
1 81 l..